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Roundup of labour news on Thursday, 14 July 2016

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Thursday, 14 July 2016 15:55

In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Wednesday, 13 July 2016.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY

Memorial service on Thursday for murdered Cape Town train driver

News24 reports that the Cape Town Metrorail train driver who was shot dead on Monday will be remembered at a memorial service on Thursday.

Man plunges from scaffolding in Fourways after electric shock, at TimesLive

MINING LABOUR

The facts on how the cards in the platinum wage negotiations stack up

Ahead of the imminent commencement of wage negotiations in respect of Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), Impala Platinum (Implats) and Lonmin, Warren Dick distills the facts relating to the processes in a question and answer format.

Mining Weekly reports that Solidarity’s general secretary Gideon du Plessis said on Wednesday that there were certain aspects contained in the draft Mining Charter that conflicted with the Employment Equity Act (EEA).

Amplats miner injured in accident in March dies in hospital, at Business Report

FARMING LABOUR

ConCourt rules that wife of evicted farm worker was an occupier in her own right

TMG Digital reports that the Constitutional Court on Thursday held that a woman who stayed on a farm where her husband worked was an occupier in her own right under the Extension of Security of Tenure Act.

EE Publishers writes that, despite assurances by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) management, the strike at the agency, now in its second week, is causing major disruption as no licences can be issued.

BDLive reports that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) on Wednesday distanced itself from suggestions it had signed a restructuring agreement that precipitated an ongoing strike at the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa).

N6 through Stutterheim.blocked on Wednesday by worker protest, at DispatchLive

LABOUR AND POLITICS

Hesitant Numsa may have missed its political moment

Natasha Marrian writes that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA’s (Numsa’s) offspring, the United Front (UF), is registered to contest local government elections in several provinces under different names.

BDLive reports that the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) is to invest R10.5bn in the construction of housing for households that earn too much to get government subsidies and too little to qualify for bank loans.